| syllabic | | |
| adj. (pertain) | 1. syllabic | of or relating to syllables.; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable" |
| adj. (pertain) | 2. syllabic | consisting of or using a syllabary.; "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing" |
| adj. | 3. syllabic | (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities. |
| adj. | 4. syllabic | consisting of a syllable or syllables. |
| ~ disyllabic | having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables. |
| ~ monosyllabic | having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable. |
| ~ octosyllabic | having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables. |
| ~ pentasyllabic | having or characterized by or consisting of five syllables. |
| ~ polysyllabic | having or characterized by words of more than three syllables. |
| ~ decasyllabic | having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables. |
| ~ syllabled | pronounced in syllables. |
| adj. | 5. syllabic | (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable.; "the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'" |
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